a client who had an above the knee amputation has a pressure dressing on the end of the residual limb. The client asks, why do i have to have this tight dressing on my leg

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there is no cure for hiv, although antiretroviral treatment can control the virus, meaning that people with hiv can live long and healthy lives. most research is looking for a functional cure where hiv is reduced to undetectable and harmless levels in the body permanently, but some residual virus may remain. most commonly hiv-antivirals are taken also known as nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nrti's).

improves lung function.